excessively.
XXII. But though he was of such a grave character himself, he was nevertheless ridiculed by the comic poets. Accordingly, Theopompus, in his Pleasure-seeker, says:—
And Anaxandrides in his Theseus, says:—
And Timon speaks of him in this way, punning on his name:—
Alexis says in his Meropis:—
And in his Ancylion, he says:—
Amphis says in his Amphicrates:—
And in his Dexidemides he speaks thus:—
Cratinas in his Pseudypobolimæus, says:—
Alexis, in his Olympiodorus speaks thus:—
And in his Parasite he says:—
Anaxilas also laughs at him in his Botrylion, and Circe, and his Rich Women.
XXIII. And Aristippus, in the fourth book of his treatise upon Ancient Luxury, says that he was much attached to a youth of the name of Aster, who used to study astronomy with him; and also to Dion, whom we have already mentioned. And some say that he was also attached to Phædrus, and that the following epigrams which he wrote upon them are evidences of the love he felt for them:—
Another of his epigrams is:—
And he wrote thus on Dion:—